Komplexe Chalkogenide der IVa Metalle mit niedrigdimensionalen anionischen Partialstrukturen. Darstellung und Kristallstruktur von K2ZrTe3 und Rb2ZrTe3 / Complex Chalcogenides of the IVa Metals with Low Dimensional Anionic Partial Structures. Preparation and Crystal Structures of K2ZrTe3 and Rb2ZrTe3
The isostructural compounds K2ZrTe3 and Rb2ZrTe3 were obtained at 1000°C by reacting K2Te and Rb2Te with stoichiometric amounts of Zr and Te. The compounds are monoclinic, mP24, space group P21/c, Z = 4 with a = 9.089(3), b = 14.148(4), c = 6.986(3) Å, β = 105.90( 1)° and a = 9.735(4), b = 14.300(7), c = 6.952(8) Å, β = 108.61(2)°, respectively. The crystal structure was determined from diffractometer data and refined to R = 0.030 for 1452 Fo's for K2ZrTe3 and R = 0.038 for 1131 Fo's for Rb2ZrTe3. The crystal structure is of a new type, characterized by infinite anionic chains, 1∞-[ZrTe3]2- built up by octahedra sharing opposite faces which run along [001]. The mean Zr-Te bond lengths are 2.921 and 2.920 Å, respectively. The alkali cations separating the chains are characterized by two different - distorted octahedral and pentagonal bipyramidal - chalcogen environments.